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RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy Sale Realizes $1,012,086
The auction closed with a 100% sell-through rate, led by Thomas Cranmer's annotated religious book and a Frederic Chopin musical manuscript.
Auction highlights
- EstimateFrom $150KSold$127,680
Frederic Chopin Autograph Musical Quotation Signed from the Polish Song 'Wiosna (Spring)'
EstimateFrom $100KSold$124,999Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Signed Baseball
EstimateFrom $8KSold$38,781Claude Monet Autograph Letter Signed: "I believe I did my duty for the artists"
EstimateFrom $800Sold$26,783George Orwell Autograph Letter Signed on the Progress of Nineteen Eighty-Four
EstimateFrom $20KSold$24,995- EstimateFrom $10KSold$16,500
Margaret Mitchell Typed Letter Signed on the Genesis of Gone With the Wind, Sent to Its First Reader
EstimateFrom $15KSold$15,679- EstimateFrom $8KSold$15,101
Beatles: John Lennon Signed Membership Application for The Songwriters Guild of Great Britain (1964)
EstimateFrom $10KSold$13,753John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph to His Presidential Portraitist, Fabian Bachrach
EstimateFrom $6KSold$13,389- EstimateFrom $6KSold$13,289
George Washington Signature, Cloak Swatch, and Lock of Hair
EstimateFrom $3KSold$12,905
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RR Auction completed its Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy auction, where the sale realized $1,012,086[1] with a 100% sell-through rate[1] [S1].
According to the official results published by RR Auction, the sale brought together a diverse array of historical manuscripts, literary letters, and memorabilia [S1]. Among the featured items in the catalog was John F. Kennedy's diary containing comments on Adolf Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and World War II [S4]. The auction house also presented a collection of letters from Kennedy to the mother of a lost PT-109 crew member alongside a Purple Heart medal [S4].
Auction highlights
Sale file- Thomas Cranmer's Heavily Annotated Religious Book - Quatuor conciliorum generalium [The Four General Church Councils] (1524) - Representing His Scholarly Approach to the English Reformation | sold for $127,680[3] (below the low estimate)
- Frederic Chopin Autograph Musical Quotation Signed from the Polish Song 'Wiosna (Spring)' | sold for $124,999[4] (within estimate)
- Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Signed Baseball | sold for $38,781[5] (within estimate)
- Claude Monet Autograph Letter Signed: "I believe I did my duty for the artists" | sold for $26,783[6] (within estimate)
- George Orwell Autograph Letter Signed on the Progress of Nineteen Eighty-Four | sold for $24,995[7] (within estimate)
This auction represents RR Auction's #13 sale of 17 concluded this year. Across all its sales year to date, RR Auction has realized $29,346,759[1], maintaining a 100% sell-through rate[1]. In the broader memorabilia category, which has realized $68,090,291[1] across every tracked house this year with an average 97.6% sell-through rate[1], RR Auction continues to lead the category.\n\nSource note: The auction house publishes this official lot page as part of the sale, providing a direct first-party source for the listed object.[4][3]\n\nSource note: The auction house publishes this official lot page as part of the sale, providing a direct first-party source for the listed object.
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